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CASH REGISTERING SAVINGS BANK. No. 537,448. Patented Apr. 16, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFEIcE.

JOHN HUBERT GREFFKENS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CASH-REGISTERING SAVINGS-BANK.

FJPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 537,448, dated April16, 1895.

Application filed April 21, 1894. Serial No. 508,472. (No model.)

T0 on whom it may oonccrm Be it known that I, JOHN HUBERT GREEF- KENS, asubject of the King of Belgium, residing at San Francisco, in the countyof San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cash-Registering Savings-Banks; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in registering savings banks; andit has for one of its objects to provide such a bank embodying mechanismthrough the medium of which, coins of various denominations may becorrectly registered when the same are deposited.

Another object of the invention is to provide a savings bank embodyingmechanism adapted to effectually prevent the door from being openeduntil a predetermined amount of money has been deposited; and stillanother object is to provide a registering savings bank embodying such asimple and compact construction that it may be made in the form and ofabout the size of a watch so as to admit of its being convenientlycarried in the pocket.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be fully understoodfrom the following description and claims when taken in connection withthe annexed drawings, in Which- Figure l is a front elevation of my improved registering savings bank. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same.Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4: is an enlarged rear elevation withthe rear wall of the casing and the vertical partition wall removed.Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken in the plane indicated by the lineon, as, of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a vertical, longitudinal, central section.Fig. 7 is a detail elevation illustrating the manner in which a dime orother coin of corresponding size effects connection between the pushinglever and the lever connected with the pointer. v Fig. 8 is a similarview illustrating the manner in which a nickel or similar piece of moneyeffects such a connection. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the pushing.lever removed. Fig. 10 is a detail, perspective view of the leverconnected with the pointer. Fig. 11 is avertical, diametrical section ofthe registering bank made in the form of a watch. Fig. 12 is a top planView of the same with the casing in section. Fig. 13 is a section takenin the plane indicated by the line y y of Fig. 12. Fig. la is a sectiontaken in the plane indicated by the line as, as, of Fig. 12. Fig. 15 isa top plan view of the device as shown in Figs. ll, 12, 14, and 16. Fig.16 is a front elevation. Fig. 17 is an enlarged perspective view of thepointer lever; and Fig. 18 is a view illustrating another modification.

Referring by letter to said drawings, and more particularly to Figs. 1to 10 thereof, A, indicates the casing of my improved bank which may beof any form and construction but which is here shown as having acircular upper compartment a, designed to contain the registeringmechanism and a lower compartment 1), designed to serve as a receptaclefor the coin. This casing is provided in its top with slots 0, d, forthe passage of silver coins and nickels, respectively, and it is alsoprovided upon its bottom with projections as e, for the engagement ofthe lugsf, of the door B, which door has notched projections g, for theengagement of a locking lever (presently described) and a knob as h, bywhich it may be readily removed. The door B, is simply one of many kindsthat may be employed and the manner of connecting the same to the casingmay be changed at pleasure, as is obvious.

The upper compartment to, of the casing A, which is divided from thelower compartment by the circular wall a, is provided with a glass faceas j, and adjacent to this face is arranged the dial 0, which may beprovided with graduations or divisions and designating numerals ofvarious kinds. This dial is here shown as provided with five divisions,numbered 0, 1,2, 3, and and one hundred sub-divisions, and when it isemployed, the'pointer D, will register up to five dollars. The saidpointer D, is fixed upon a shaft or spindle E, upon which is also fixedthe ratchet wheel F, which has one hundred teeth in accordance with thenumber of sub-divisions of the dial, and is designed to be moved thedistance of one tooth when a nickel is deposited, two teeth when a dimeis deposited, five teeth when a quarter is deposited, and ten teeth whena half dollar is deposited, as will be hereinafter described.

G, G, indicate the vertical chutes for conveying the coins from theslots 0, (I, to the mechanism actuating the pointer. These chutes havetheir lower ends partly closed by the pieces 70, which serve as seatsfor the coins and they are provided in one of their sides with openingsZ, for the passage of the pushing lever H, and intheir opposite sideswith openings m, for the passage of the lever I, which lever I, carriesa pawl a, designed to engage and transmit motion to the ratchet wheel F.

The pushing lever II, is fulcrumed at an intermediate point of itslength as shown in Fig. 4, and it is provided with the lateralprojection p, for the engagement of thehand leverJ, which extendsthrough the casing, and said lever H is also provided with the coinengaging portions q, g, which are designed to extend into the chutes andengage the silver coinsand nickels,respectively,in the manner shown inFigs. 7 and S.

The lever, I, is fulcrumed at an intermediate point of its length uponthe shaft E, and it is provided with a lateral branch :0 carrying theportions 0', 0", designed to normally rest in the chutes and be engagedby the niekels and silver coins respectively. The portion 7', of thelever I, may have a plain edge as illustrated, since it is designed tobe en gaged by coins of the same size, but the portion 7", which isdesigned to be engaged by dimes, quarters, and half dollars, has itsengaging edge shaped as better shown in Fig. 10 to form alower seat 5,for the dimes, and an upper seat 25, for the quarters'and half dollars,in order to enable it to hold each coin until the lever has been movedsufficiently far to properly register the same.

The levers II, and I, are held in and brought back to their normalpositions shown in Fig. 4, by the coiled spring a, which is connected toboth levers as illustrated, and with the parts in the position shown insaid figure, it will be seen that when a nickel is deposited in the slotcl, or a silver piece in the slot 0, it will fall down its respectivechute and as sumo a position between the levers H, I, so that when thehand lever J, is depressed, the said levers H, and I, together with theratchet wheel F, shaft E, and the pointer D, will be moved in thedirections indicated by arrows (see Figs. 1 and 4,) until the coin dropsfrom between the coin engaging portions of the levers, when the saidlevers will be returned to their normal position by the spring a, whilethe ratchet wheel and the pointer will be held in the position to whichthey have been moved by the detent U, which engages the wheel andprevents retrograde movement of the same.

In order to prevent the door 13, from being opened until apre-determined amount of money has been deposited in the bank, I providethe locking lever K, which is fulcrumed at one end and is provided atits opposite end with an angular portion 20, which extends through anopening in the partition 17, and is designed to engage the projection g,of the door as shown in Figs. 5 and (5. This lever K, is normally heldagainst upward movement by the spring L, which is fixedly connected atone end to the back of the dial and is provided at its opposite end withan angular branch 1 adapted to take through apertures in the lever K,and partition at, as better shown in Fig. 5, and the said spring L, isdesigned to be engaged and withdrawn from the lever K, and the partition03, so as to release the said lever, by the beveled projection M, on thewheel F. This beveled projection M, is of such a size and is so arrangedon the wheel F, that it will engage the spring L, about the time thepointer I), reaches the M25 mark or graduation and it will consequentlybe seen that when the pointer arrives at 0 or the mark, the projectionwill have moved the end of the spring out of engagement with the leverand partition, so as to permit of the lever being raised out ofengagement with the projection g, of the door by a key introducedthrough the openings. (See Fig. 2.) When the lever is raised from theprojection g, by a key or other implement, the door may be removed bysimply drawing out its upper end and disconnecting the legsf, from theprojections c...

It will be seen from the foregoing that through the medium of themechanism embodied in my improved bank,the operator is enabled tocorrectly registera nickel, dime, quarter or half dollar when the sameis deposited in the slot designed to receive it. It will also be seenthat the mechanism is very simple and compact and that the mounting ofthe lover I, on the shaft E, admits of the mechanism being arranged in asmall compass, which is a desideratum. The mounting of the lever I, onthe shaft E, is also advantageous because it keeps the pawl at an equaldistance from the shaft and enables it to run easy over the teeth of theratchet wheel.

In Figs. 11 to 17, of the drawings, I have illustrated a modified caseA, together with other modified parts which will be hereinafterspecifically described. The said case A, is of circular form and has ahandle A and glass face j, so as to resemble a watch, and it is dividedby a partition a:, into a compartment a, to contain the mechanism, and acon1- partment b, to receive the money, which compartment b,communicates with the silver and nickel slots 0', d, as illustrated. Thedial 0, pointer D, shaft E, and ratchet wheel F of the modifiedconstruction, are substantially the same as those illustrated in Figs. 1to 10, and therefore need not be again specifically described. The saidlever I, for actuating the pointer of the modified construction isfulcrumed upon the shaft E, as shown, and it is provided at one end witha pawl n, adapted to engage and transmit motion to the wheel F, and atits opposite end with the lateral branch 03 having the coin-engagingportions r r which normally rest in the position shown in Fig. 14, andare designed to be engaged by the silver coins and nickels,respectively. By reason of the construction just described and the factthat the lever 1, is normally heldin the position shown in Fig. 14, itwill be seen that it is necessary in order to insert a coin to push thelever with the coin, in the direction indicated by arrow. (See Fig. 14.)This movement of the lever I, effects a movement of the ratchet wheel F,and pointer D, the extent of such movement corresponding to thedenomination of the coin. For instance when a nickel is pressed in thenickel slot, the wheel F, will be moved one tooth, while when a dime ispressed in the silver slot, it will be moved two teeth.

K, indicates the locking lever of the modified construction. Thislocking lever is fulcrumed at a point midway its length upon the shaftor spindle E, and it has its ends bent and passed through slots in thepartition as, so as to enable them to engage the projections g, of thedoor l3, and securely hold said door in its closed position. The saidlever K, is normally held against movement by a spring L, similar to thespringL, before described, until a projection M, on the wheel F, movessaid spring out of engagement with the lever, when it (the lever) may bemoved out of the notches in the projections g, by a key introducedthrough a hole 2 in the door or back B, in the manner shown in Fig. 14.

The construction shown in Figs. 11 to 17, may be made so small as toadmit of its being conveniently carried like a watch in the pocket, andby reason of its simplicity and few parts it may be made so cheap as toplace it within the reach of every one, which is a desideratum.

The construction shown in Figs. 1 to 10, by reason of its simplicity andsmall number of parts may be made very cheaply and when the casing isembellished, the bank will make a very pretty center piece for a mantel.

Instead of the lever I, for actuating the pointer employed in themodified construction shown in Figs. 11 to 17,1 mayemploythelever I andthe pushinglever 11, shown in Fig. 18. The said lever 1 is fulcrumedupon the shaft E, and is provided with a pawl a, designed to engage theratchet wheel F, in the manner before described, and it is designed tobe engaged and moved in the direction of the arrow by the pushing lever11'. This pushing lever is fulcrumed at an intermediate point of itslength as shown, and it is provided at its outer end with an angularbranch 00 having portions r r similar to that of the lover I, whichportions are designed to normally rest beneath the nickel and silverslots (not illustrated) of the casing. When a coin is pushed througheither of the slots the lovers H, and 1 will be moved in the directionsindicated by arrows, and after the coin has fallen out of engagementwith the lever H,

said lever and the lever 1 will be' returned to their normal positionsby the spring 10 while retrograde movement of the wheel F, will beprevented by a detent in a manner similar to that before described.

It Will be noticed that in all of my constructions, the wheel and thelever for moving the pointer are mounted on the central spindle orshaft. This is very desirable since when the lever is so arranged, theother parts may be compactly arranged within a small space, so as topermit of their being placed in a small case.

I have in some respects specifically described the construction andrelative arrangement of the. several parts of my improved bank, in orderto impart a full and exact construction of the same, but I do not desireto be understood as confining myself to such construction andarrangement, as I reserve the right to make in practice 'such changes ormodifications as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a registeringsavings bank, the combination of a casing, a door, a lever engaging thedoor and adapted to hold it in its closed position, a spring connectedat one end to the casing and having an angular branch engaging the leverand adapted to hold it in engagement with the door, a rotary spindle orshaft, and a wheel mounted on the spindle or shaft and carrying abeveled projection adapted to disengage the spring from the lever,substantially as specified.

2. In a register, the combination ofa casing, a chute a pointer, apushing lover, a lever I, connected by intermediate mechanism with thepointer and adapted to be actuated through the medium of the pushinglever when a coin is interposed between the two, and a hand leverengaging the pushing lever and extending outside the casing,substantially as specified.

In a register, the combination ofa casing, a chute a pointer, a pushinglever having a projection 19, a lever I, connected by intermediatemechanism with the pointer and adapted to be actuated through the mediumof the pushing lever when a coin is interposed between the two, and ahand lever egaging the gudgeon of the pushing lever and extendingoutside the casing, substantially as specified.

l. In a register, the combination of a plurality of chutes havingopenings in their opposite sides, a pointer, a pushing lever havingportions adapted to enter the chutes from one side, and a lever I,connected by intermediate mechanism with the pointer and having theplain portion 0', and the portion 0", provided with seats for coins ofdifferent denominations; said portions 0, 0'', being adapted to enterthe chutes from the side opposite to the pushing lever, substantially asand' for the purpose set forth.

5. In a register, the combination of a casing having a plurality ofslots of different sizes, a rotary spindle or shaft, a pointer and aratchet wheel fixed on said spindle or shaft, and a lever fulcrumed onthe spindle or shaft and provided with means for engaging the ratchetwheel and also provided with a lateral branch having portions for theengagement of coins of different sizes, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

6. In a register, the combination of a chute, a pushing lever soarranged that it is enabled to enter the chute from one side, andanother lever arranged on the opposite side of the chute and adapted tobe actuated through the medium of the pushing lever when a coin isinterposed between the two, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

7. In a register, the combination of a plurality of chutes arranged sideby side and having openings in opposite sides, a pushinglever arrangedon one side of the chutes and having coin-engaging portions q, q,adapted to enter the chutes and another lever arranged on the oppositeside of the chutes and having portions adapted to enter the chutes,substan tially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a register, the combination of a chute having openings in oppositesides and also having its lower end partly closed by a piece 7t, apushing lever so arranged that it is enabled to enter the chute from oneside, and another lever arranged on the opposite side of the chute andadapted to be actuated through the medium of the pushing lever when acoin is interposed between the two, substantially as specified.

0. In a register, the combination of a chute, a shaft or spindleextending through the chute and carrying a pointer and a ratchet wheel,a pushing lever so arranged that it is adapted to enter the chute fromone side, and a lever fulcrumed on the spindle or shaft and providedwith means for engaging the ratchet wheel and adapted to be actuatedthrough the medium of the pushing lever when a coin is interposedbetween the two, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

10. In a register, the combination of a chute, a pushing lever adaptedto enter the chute from one side, another lever arranged on the oppositeside of the chute and adapted to be actuated through the medium of thepushing lever when a coin is interposed between the two, and a springconnected at its ends to the levers and adapted to return them to theirnormal position after they have been moved, substantially as specified.

11. In a register, the combination of a casing, a chute, a pushinglever, having a projeetion p, and adapted to enter the chute from oneside, another lever arranged on the opposite side of the chute andadapted to be actuated through the medium of the pushing lever when acoin is interposed between the two, a hand lever engaging the projectionof the pushing lever and extending outside the casing, and a springconnected at its ends to the pushing lever and the lever on the oppositeside of the chute and adapted to return said levers and the hand leverto their normal positions, when they have been moved, substantially asspecified.

12. In a register, the combination of a plurality of chutes arrangedside by side and having openings in opposite sides, a pushing leverarranged on one side of the chute, and having coin engaging portions q,q, adapted to enter the chutes, and another lever arranged on theopposite side of the chutes and having portions 1', 0", adapted to enterthe chutes; the portion 0*, being provided with seats for coins, ofdifferent denominations, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

13. A registering savings bank comprising a casing having an uppercompartment a, and a lower compartment or money receptacle 1),communicating with the upper compartment, a chute arranged in the uppercompartment and having openings in opposite sides, aspindle or shaftarranged in the upper compartment and extending through the chute andcarrying a pointer and a ratchet wheel, a lever I, fulcrulned on thespindle or shaft and provided with a pawl in engagement with the ratchetwheel and with a portion adapted to enter one side of the chute, apushing lever adapted to enter the opposite side of the chute, and ahand lever engaging the pushing lever, and extending through the casing,all substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HUBERT GREEFKENS.

\Vitnesses:

LINCOLN SONNTAG, J AMES A. MOYNA.

